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Cabinet condemns German bank data buy

This content was published on Feb 3, 2010 In a strongly worded statement, the cabinet expressed “astonishment” at the German plan and said it “violates public policy and the principle of good faith”. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble on Tuesday said a decision had been made “in principle” to buy the information, reported to concern some 1,500 possible tax evaders and costing €2.5…

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Switzerland to take in two Guantanamo inmates

This content was published on Feb 3, 2010 The decision to accept the two men was welcomed by United States officials but was criticised by the Chinese government, which wants the men sent back to China. The move comes a day after the authorities in canton Jura said they would issue brothers Bahtiyar and Arkin Mahnut a residence permit. “We of course weighed…

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Haitians face shelter crisis

This content was published on Feb 3, 2010 Yet shelter for the hundreds of thousands of survivors remains a desperate race against the clock as the rainy and hurricane seasons loom. The aid operation in Haiti has been complicated and frustratingly slow but is making significant progress, particularly in getting food to quake survivors, the top United Nations relief official said in Geneva…

Health reform comes first for minister

This content was published on Feb 2, 2010 “Ideological arguments don’t get us anywhere,” he said at a news conference 100 days after taking office. He appealed to all sides to stop the blame game, but urged parliament to push ahead with plans to tackle increasing costs for health insurance, including the introduction of medical networks and a new hospital funding system. The…

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Libyan acquittal leads to cautious optimism

This content was published on Feb 2, 2010 On Sunday a Libyan appeal court cleared Rachid Hamdani of being in the country illegally and overturned his 16-month prison sentence. The court is due to decide on other charges against him and that of fellow countryman Max Göldi this week. Libya’s prosecution of Hamdani and Göldi has been at the centre of a diplomatic…

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Foreign minister pays lightning visit to Haiti

This content was published on Feb 1, 2010 Foreign ministry spokesman Lars Knuchel told the Swiss News Agency that in her meeting with Préval she had expressed sympathy and solidarity with the Haitian people after the devastating earthquake last month. She also discussed with Préval ways in which Swiss aid would continue in the medium and long term. Knuchel added that she had…

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Calmy-Rey holds talks with Arab League head

This content was published on Jan 29, 2010 Calmy-Rey and Amr Moussa spoke on Friday at the World Economic Forum (WEF), currently underway in the Swiss resort town of Davos. Because of the tense relations between Switzerland and Libya, no Libyan nationals have been allowed into the country for this year’s annual WEF meeting. At last year’s meeting, Calmy-Rey held talks with one…

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Swiss journalist told to leave Sri Lanka

This content was published on Jan 29, 2010 Karin Wenger, who is based in the Indian capital, New Delhi, said on Friday that the Sri Lankan immigration service had cancelled her accreditation, which was originally valid until February 17. A spokesman for the radio said no reasons had been given for the expulsion. Wenger had been in Sri Lanka to cover Tuesday’s presidential…

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Switzerland urges respect for memory of Auschwitz

This content was published on Jan 27, 2010 Leuthard added that Switzerland supported the preservation of the Nazi death camp in Poland as a memorial. “Nazi barbarism left behind distress, despair, a devastated country and millions of innocent victims,” she said. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Polish President Lech Kaczynski and ministers from many European countries are due to attend commemorative events at…

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Swiss-Chinese free trade accord to move forward

This content was published on Jan 27, 2010 China’s Vice Premier, Li Keqiang, made the comment during talks in Bern with Swiss President Doris Leuthard and Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey. Li said a meeting next month between Swiss and Chinese officials to prepare a joint feasibility study was a “concrete step against protectionism”. The case of the two ethnic Uighurs held in Guantánamo…

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